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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 18, 1955

Page

7

Junior Deputy Sheriff's League Plans Are Made

Athens County rosters a nationwide Junior Deputy Sheriff League with Deputy Harold Shields leading. Open to boys 12 to 17, the program aims to build responsibility, serve the community, and teach law enforcement basics. Activities include traffic safety, juvenile police work, emergencies, and potential careers in law enforcement. Insurance via National Sheriffs Association optional, $500 coverage for 60 cents yearly. A meeting and forms are available at the courthouse.

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Duties and Responsibilities of the County Coroner Explains 1954 Deaths

Roy J. Cross outlines the Athens County coroner Dr John H Elias duties during 1954. He performed autopsies on fifty deaths including eight suicides and twenty one natural deaths while also handling accidental and homicidal cases. The piece highlights the coroner's authority to order investigations, relate autopsy results, and assist law enforcement in distinguishing murder from suicide.

Lodis Township Avcitzen Dring John H. Elias Athens Glouster Athens County Elias Elias Lam

Winter Snow Briefs Reach Athens City

A light touch of winter greeted Athens residents Friday morning as snow covered trees and hillsides. Most snow melted as temperatures hovered near freezing with a morning low around 30 and a 9 am reading of 33. A one inch fall, part of 13 inches of precipitation, was recorded. The Hocking River stood at 48 feet and falling, its water about 45 degrees, warmer than the air by about 10 degrees.

Athens Hamley Run CL. Colmer Hocking Atibam

Ohio Committee for United Nations Day Meeting Plans

Jones, university librarian, will attend a meeting of the Ohio Committee for United Nations Day at Ohio State University Faculty Club in Columbus Saturday. The committee, appointed by Dr. Frank Lausche in November 1954, will discuss and coordinate plans for a state wide observance of the tenth anniversary Day.

Prank. Jones Unio Univers Ohio Committee United Nations Ohio State University Columbus Frank Lausche

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